The Federal Reserve designed its Paycheck Protection Program Liquidity Facility to ease liquidity issues and support small business lending during the pandemic. The liquidity facility allowed banks to ...

Prosecutors say Damaris Beltre used pandemic-era loan money to buy a house in the Dominican Republic, a car and jewelry.

MISSOULA, Mont. — A Bozeman woman has admitted to fraud charges related to obtaining relief funds through deceit, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Montana.

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The Cook County Independent Inspector General has concluded investigations of 18 mostly former employees who were accused of violating county employment policies, and some were found to have falsified ...

The Harvard Club of Boston will pay $2.4 million to settle a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into allegations that it unlawfully applied for a small business loan during the Covid-19 pandemic ...

A Junction City woman pleaded guilty to stealing over $487,000 in federal COVID-19 relief funds. Jodi Aliece Jennings fraudulently obtained multiple Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — A 35-year-old New Britain woman was sentenced to three months in prison and two years of supervised release after pleading guilty to fraud for obtaining COVID-19 relief funds ...

Key Bank has agreed to pay more than $7.7 million to settle allegations that it submitted loan forgiveness applications for Paycheck Protection Program loans it knew were likely fraudulent. The ...

The Trump administration’s decision to ban thousands of Minnesotans from U.S. Small Business Administration loans further stokes the fraud allegations that have roiled the state. The borrower ...

The United States Small Business Administration (SBA) offers several loan programs to support small businesses, including emergency relief loans and traditional financing options. If you’re looking ...